A man has been driving by for the past few weeks and hissing or honking at me. I am adult, it is 7 in the morning as I’m walking to the train in a quiet suburban town. I feel like he thinks it’s OK to engage in this way because women or no more than sexual objects that exist for his pleasure. I am a daughter, a wife, an aunt, a human being. I am so much more than a person to be honked and hissed at by a stranger.
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Why do people do this? Do they think it makes someone feel good? No, it makes us feel threatened. Is it something taught by their parents/peers? Then raise more awareness and really drive the message home in schools.
– EG
Location: Westchester, NY
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Lauren says
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been getting honked at by what I am sure are the same people for months. However I am paying attention to the license plates of people more and if someone honks at me as they drive by I’ll try to memorise as much of it as I can and hopefully someone can stop them because I feel unsafe too. It bothers me that one of them knows where I live but I am taking action and if you look at their license plates I hope you can do something about all this too. I wish you the best of luck.
Anne says
I would call the police.